Biography
Sergey Shirokov is a bright representative of the modern Russian hockey, one of the most efficient strikers of the KHL. For sports standards - already serious, held athlete, with recognizable style and own culture of the game.Childhood and youth
Sergey Shirokov was born in Lakes near Moscow on March 10, 1986. The boy became acquainted with the stick already at 4 years thanks to his father, who became his first coach. He also reappeared Sergey from the left grip on the right.
At the six-year-old age, Seryozha went to the children's sports school at CSKA. For seven years, parents took the Son daily for 120 kilometers to class to Valery Pavlovich Stelmakh. In the group, all the guys were older than Sergey. After moving the family to Moscow, Shirokov-Jr. studied at the sports board of CSKA.
Hockey
Since 2002, the guy has started playing in Double CSKA and in three years he made his debut in a superliga. In 2006, Shirokov got into the Draft NHL, where he left three years under a contract with Vancouver Cenaks. The amount of the agreement amounted to $ 2.7 million, specifically the player was supposed to be $ 875 thousand per season.
Before this, Sergey had a conflict with CSKA: the attacker refused to extend the contract with the home club, explaining this by changing the coaching composition and the refusal to exchange it to another team.
According to journalists, Shirokov requested a new amount of the contract, above the former, and the club as if he went to meet. However, the athlete still decided to break into the best league of the world. Later, returning home, the hockey player will say that the journalists flew out of the Elephant Fly from the situation at that time.
The overseas career did not work out, although at first the player's press was compared with Pavel Bure. In the first year, the hockey player did not score anything and spent the rest of the season in the Pharmaceutical Club "Manitoba". And then the attacker unfolded - scored 115 points in 172 matches. In the homeland during this time, Denis Parshin, with whom Sergey arranged a strike in CSKA, became the best player of the club.
In the summer of 2011, Vancouver was removed to sell the failed scorer in Florida Pantruz. However, he chose to return home and concluded a three-year contract with CSKA. Sergey himself believes that the stay in the NHL was useful: Having played on the smaller platforms, a low (player's height - 178 cm) flank striker added in power struggle, and in general, accustomed to another mentality, everyday life, culture.
Upon returning to CSKA, fans saw a new, transformed Enhaelovsk "cuisine" is widely. In the 2011-2012 season, striker broke his own performance record and won recognition as one of the strongest club players. With 121 points in 189 games, Sergey's army teams were compared only with the "Mr. utility" by Alexander Radulov.
Then from the helm of the team stood up John Tarcrtty. Foreign specialist broke up with many fans favorites. In Shirokov, the American coach did not see the leader. Before the active player stopped receiving enough game time and soon moved to Omsk "Avangard" under the leadership of Milos Rzhigi. It only consisted that before the exchange of the striker included in the national team.
In the Avant-garde, Sergey received the status of one of the best players of the continental hockey league, conducted 104 games in which 40 goals scored, scored 77 points. The fans at one time even had concerns that the hockey player who took the spirit would try again to storm the NHL sites. For the club, the hockey player spoke December 2015, during which time he managed to become a world champion and a silver medalist of the championship.
In the middle of the 2015-2016 season, despite the inspiring statistics and the fact that the contract provided for four years of relations, Omich was exchanged with a hockey club SKA. Sergey Shirokov concluded a contract until April 2018 and went to St. Petersburg in exchange for Anton Burdasov and Peter Khokhryakov. The Omsk Press on the fact of the pet's care broke out by angry articles, in the most mildly calling the exchange ambiguous.
For the remaining half of the season, Forward participated in the 17 Games of "Red-Blue" and scored 10 points. The playoff series participated in 15 meetings in which 2 goals were noted. For season 2016-2017, Sergey went on ice in 42 games of the regular championship, scored 11 washers and scored 23 points. Detailed statistics are provided on the official SCA website.
As soon as it became known that the NHL players were forbidden to participate in the Olympiad in Korea, the widespread had a chance to get to the Russian Olympic team. The statistics of the meetings spent allowed the hockey player along with Vyacheslav Win, Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk to get into the expanded list of candidates.
Personal life
With the wife of Yulya Shirokov studied at the same school. Children's friendship turned into a romantic feeling. The girl supported his biography beloved in the hard Canadian period - she kept English, fed Russian dishes.
Sergei's proposal made in Japanese Disneyland during the holidays. The wedding was planned to play before departure, but the celebration was organized only after the triumphal return of hockey player from Helsinki with a gold medal of the world champion.
The families of shirokov regularly falls into the tops of the most strong sports marriages, and Julia - the most beautiful wives of Russian athletes. Wife is a happy mascot for Sergey: matches that she visits, as a rule, end in favor of his team. The weekend hockey player spends with close, even further career makes dependent on how much hockey will affect the family.
Happy moments from the life of the family, in which two sons will grow up, the attacker is divided into "Instagram". According to his own recognition, the computer uses, only to learn the news, so the photos are updated so rarely. At leisure, Sergey is watching football matches, friendly with the namesque novel by Shirokov, former Zenit player and CSKA.
Sergey Shirokov now
In the 2017-2018 season, the SKA club, which serves Sergey Shirokov, won a record 20 wins in a row in the matches of the regular championship of the Continental Hockey League. In addition, in the asset team - the opening Cup and the Cup of the Continent.
In January 2018, Russia's hockey federation included Sergey and 15 more teammates in the official team of the national team, which is sent to the Olympics to Korean Pyonchkhan.
Awards and achievements
- 2004 - Winner of the World Junior Championship
- 2005,2006 - Silver winner of the world championship among youth teams
- 2012, 2014 - World Champion
- 2015 - Silver winner of the World Championship
- 2016 - Bronze medalist of the World Cup
- 2017 - Champion of Russia, Gagarin Cup winner, Bronze medalist of the World Cup